LEADING South African open water swimming stars Chad Ho and Michelle Weber starred at the Capital K Swim at Midmar, which also doubled up as the KwaZulu-Natal Open Water Swimming Championships over the weekend.

On Saturday, Ho dominated the 10 km swim, which incorporated the five-kilometre distance over which he is world champion, while Weber placed second overall to Ho in the 10 km and followed that up with a victory over one kilometre on Sunday.

Ho showed his class when he cruised to victory in the 10 km event, also claiming the five kilometre honours en route to the title, passing through the halfway mark more than three minutes up on Tyrone Kruger and Weber, who were neck-and-neck at that time.

The six-time Midmar Mile champion crossed the finishing line in 2:05:53, seven minutes clear of Weber, with the former five kilometre world youth champion ending six seconds ahead of Kruger. Reuben Schoeman, the third man to finish, was in fourth place overall.

Robyn Kinghorn was fifth overall and second in the women’s race, while Sasha-Lee Nordengen-Corris placed sixth and third among the women.

Michael McGlynn claimed victory in the three-kilometre race, almost a minute clear of Chad Michau, with third place going to Carmen le Roux, who topped the women’s podium.

Yesterday, there was a superb battle for the women’s 14-30 win over one kilometre between 10 km winner Weber and three-kilometre champion Carmen le Roux. In a very tightly-contested race, Weber edged out Le Roux by a single second to win in 12:44. Charlise Oberholzer was third.

Dayne Odendaal bagged the men’s title, stopping the clock in 12:38, with Tyrone Kruger four seconds adrift, and Marco Smit 15 seconds off the pace.

Sheona Lottering, the winner of the Midmar Mile way back in 1996, left the field in her wake as she took the win in the 13-and-under and 31-and-over women’s race in 15:13. Alexandra Perry and Laiken Peters, both 13-and-under competitors, finished second and third respectively.

Seyuran Perumal held off James Parry for the boys’ title, winning by three seconds in 13:59, with Cameron McAllister not far off the leading pair in 14:10.

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